Lady Knights beat BHCC & NECC at Dig Pink Tri-Match!

October 11, 2016

Melanie Diaz

Warwick, R.I. – October 11, 2016: the CCRI Lady Knights volleyball team hosted the
Bulldogs of Bunker Hill CC from Charlestown, MA and the Knights of Northern Essex
CC from Haverhill, MA for the 2016 CCRI Lady Knights volleyball Dig Pink Tri-Match
on Saturday. The Lady Knights beat Bunker Hill 3-0, Bunker Hill then beat Northern
Essex 3-0 then CCRI beat Northern Essex 3-0. With the two victories the Lady Knights
improve their overall record to 18-3 on the season

CCRI defeats Bunker Hill CC: 25-7, 25-10 & 25-9

The CCRI Lady Knights celebrated the annual Dig Pink Breast cancer awareness Tri-match.
After reading some eye-opening women’s cancer facts and exchanging pink flowers with
their opponents in honor of breast cancer awareness, the Lady Knights were ready for
action! In the first game CCRI played very hard to pick up the on one and twos that
Bunker Hill was giving them, almost never making a third hit on any ball to run a
full offensive set. The Bulldogs also tip to CCRI weakest spots to keeping them on
their toes. But that strategy did not amount to much success as The Lady Knights cruised
in three straight games.

Tri-Captain Amanda LaCroix (East Freetown, MA) was an outside hitter in first game and in setter games two and
three to finish with 16 assists, five aces, five digs and a kill. Melanie Diaz (New Bedford, MA) did a great job in all three games with four kills, nine aces and
seven digs. Katrice Bridges (Providence, RI) finished as a starting right side game two and three with one kill.
Carol Rodriguez (Pawtucket, RI) CCRI’s starting middle finished with five kills and two blocks and
Megan Johns (Burrillville, RI) finished with an ace, three kills and a dig. Rounding out the
CCRI top performers was Alexis Mirabile (Cranston, RI) who had three kills and an ace and Tri-Captain Mackenzie Easterbrooks (Plainville, MA) the starting libero had an assist, four aces, 15 digs and a kill.

CCRI defeats Northern Essex CC: 25-8, 25-12 & 25-10

The Lady Knights made quick work of the Knights of Northern Essex in game one winning
by an impressive 25-8 score before mixing the line-up a bit which offered closer scores
but still a dominant CCRI performance.

Leading the way for the Lady Knights was Tri-Captain Amanda LaCroix who had five kills, six aces, 11 assists and three digs. LaCroix was helped by Carol Rodriguez who had four kills a dig and a solo block. Also having a big match for CCRI was Roselyn Vasquez (Providence, RI) with three kills and four digs. Dahlia Rafael-Tirado (Warwick, RI) added four assists, four aces and a dig and Angelis Perez (Central Falls, RI) added five aces and a dig. Rounding out the CCRI stats was Melanie Diaz with seven digs, two aces and a kill and Tri-Captain Mackenzie Easterbrooks added 14 digs and a kill.

The next matches for the Lady Knights will be Saturday the 29th of October for the Northeast Invitational and Lady Knights Sophomore Day when they
will host Bunker Hill and Northern Essex CC once again for their final regular season
home matches of 2016.

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